Gannou Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Gannou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Gannou (30) may also be a first name.
Gannou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gannou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gannou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gannou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,034,059th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gannou are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Gannou is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 30 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon Gannou is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 60 percent live, West Region, where 35 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 27 percent live and Spain, where 7 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gannou
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